College of Science graduate students honored for excellence in teaching

05-06-2014

Dozens of Purdue graduate students were honored for their teaching prowess at a gala event April 30 at Ross-Ade Stadium’s Shively Club. A large portion of the honorees consisted of College of Science students.

While top-notch researchers, these students also have a knack for promoting their fields in the classroom for the benefit of undergraduates. Those winning Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards were:

David Blasing, Physics
Anna Brezden, Chemistry
Nathan Harrison Burow, Computer Science
Kyle Chamberlain, Chemistry
Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil, Statistics
Caitlin E. Falcone, Chemistry
Jeremy Fuller, Mathematics
Anju Karki, Biological Sciences
Olivia Miller, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Rohit Ranchal, Computer Science
Kevin Rotz, Mathematics
Paul Schmitt, Chemistry
Jason Segura, Biological Sciences
Haoyu Wang, Physics
Yongheng Zhang, Mathematics

Those College of Science students that took home Graduate Teacher Certificates were:

Shi Wah Choong, Chemistry
Tara Phyllis Driscoll, Biological Sciences
Brittney Rachele Miller, Mathematics

Congratulations to all of these Science graduate students for their excellence!